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Section 1.

Subd. 30.

Pre-1940 housing percentage.

new text begin(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), new text end"pre-1940 housing percentage" for a city is 100 times the most recent federal census count of all housing units in the city built before 1940, divided by the total number of all housing units in the city. Housing units includes both occupied and vacant housing units as defined by the federal census.

new text begin(b) For the city of East Grand Forks only, "pre-1940 housing percentage" is equal to 100 times the 1990 federal census count of all housing units in the city built before 1940, divided by the most recent federal census counts of all housing units in the city. Housing units includes both occupied and vacant housing units as defined by the federal census.new text end

new text beginEFFECTIVE DATE.new text end

new text beginThis section is effective for aids payable in calendar year 2014 and thereafter.new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.011, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

new text beginSubd. 30a.new text end

new text beginPercent of housing built between 1940 and 1970.new text end

new text begin"Percent of housing built between 1940 and 1970" is equal to 100 times the most recent federal census count of all housing units in the city built after 1939 but before 1970, divided by the total number of all housing units in the city. Housing units includes both occupied and vacant housing units as defined by the federal census.new text end

new text beginEFFECTIVE DATE.new text end

new text beginThis section is effective for aids payable in calendar year 2014 and thereafter.new text end

new text begin(b) For a city with a population equal to or greater than 2,500 and less than 10,000, "city revenue need" is 1.15 times the sum of (1) 572.62; plus (2) 5.026 times the pre-1940 housing percentage; plus (3) 53.768 times household size; plus (4) 14.022 times peak population decline.new text end

deleted text begin(b)deleted text endnew text begin (c)new text end For a city with a population less than 2,500, "city revenue need" is the sum of deleted text begin(1) 2.387 times the pre-1940 housing percentage; plus (2) 2.67591 times the commercial industrial percentage; plus (3) 3.16042 times the population decline percentage; plus (4) 1.206 times the transformed population; minus (5) 62.772deleted text endnew text begin 410 plus 0.367 times the city's population over 100. The city revenue need under this paragraph shall not exceed 630new text end.

deleted text begin(c)deleted text endnew text begin (d)new text end For a city with a population ofnew text begin at leastnew text end 2,500 deleted text beginor more and a population in one of the most recently available five years that was less than 2,500, "city revenue need" is the sum of (1) its city revenue need calculated under paragraph (a) multiplied by its transition factor; plus (2) its city revenue need calculated under the formula in paragraph (b) multiplied by the difference between one and its transition factor. For purposes of this paragraph, a city's "transition factor" is equal to 0.2 multiplied by the number of years that the city's population estimate has been 2,500 or more. This provision only applies for aids payable in calendar years 2006 to 2008 to cities with a 2002 population of less than 2,500. It applies to any city for aids payable in 2009 and thereafterdeleted text endnew text begin but less than 3,000, the "city revenue need" equals (1) the transition factor times the city's revenue need calculated in paragraph (b) plus (2) 630 times the difference between one and the transition factor. For a city with a population of at least 10,000 but less than 10,500, the "city revenue need" equals (1) the transition factor times the city's revenue need calculated in paragraph (a) plus (2) the city's revenue need calculated under the formula in paragraph (b) times the difference between one and the transition factor. For purposes of this paragraph "transition factor" is 0.2 percent times the amount that the city's population exceeds the minimum threshold in either of the first two sentencesnew text end.

deleted text begin(d)deleted text endnew text begin (e)new text end The city revenue need cannot be less than zero.

deleted text begin(e)deleted text endnew text begin (f)new text end For calendar year deleted text begin2005deleted text endnew text begin 2015new text end and subsequent years, the city revenue need for a city, as determined in paragraphs (a) to deleted text begin(d)deleted text endnew text begin (e)new text end, is multiplied by the ratio of the annual implicit price deflator for government consumption expenditures and gross investment for state and local governments as prepared by the United States Department of Commerce, for the most recently available year to the deleted text begin2003deleted text endnew text begin 2013new text end implicit price deflator for state and local government purchases.

new text beginEFFECTIVE DATE.new text end

new text beginThis section is effective for aids payable in calendar year 2014 and thereafter.new text end

Sec. 4.

Subd. 42.

deleted text begin(a) "City jobs base" for a city with a population of 5,000 or more is equal to the product of (1) $25.20, (2) the number of jobs per capita in the city, and (3) its population. For cities with a population less than 5,000, the city jobs base is equal to zero. For a city receiving aid under subdivision 36, paragraph (k), its city jobs base is reduced by the lesser of 36 percent of the amount of aid received under that paragraph or $1,000,000. No city's city jobs base may exceed $4,725,000 under this paragraph.deleted text end

deleted text begin(b) For calendar year 2010 and subsequent years, the city jobs base for a city, as determined in paragraph (a), is multiplied by the ratio of the appropriation under section 477A.03, subdivision 2a, for the year in which the aid is paid to the appropriation under that section for aids payable in 2009.deleted text end

deleted text begin(c) For purposes of this subdivision,deleted text end "Jobs per capita in the city" means (1) the average annual number of employees in the city based on the data from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, as reported by the Department of Employment and Economic Development, for the most recent calendar year available deleted text beginas of May 1, 2008deleted text endnew text begin November 1 of every odd-numbered yearnew text end, divided by (2) the city's population for the same calendar year as the employment data. The commissioner of the Department of Employment and Economic Development shall certify to the city the average annual number of employees for each city by deleted text beginJune 1, 2008deleted text endnew text begin January 15, of every even-numbered year beginning with January 15, 2014. For aids payable in 2014 only, " jobs per capita" has the same meaning it had under this subdivision for aids payable in 2013new text end. A city may challenge an estimate under this paragraph by filing its specific objection, including the names of employers that it feels may have misreported data, in writing with the commissioner by deleted text beginJune 20, 2008deleted text endnew text begin December 1 of every odd-numbered yearnew text end. The commissioner shall make every reasonable effort to address the specific objection and adjust the data as necessary. The commissioner shall certify the estimates of the annual employment to the commissioner of revenue by deleted text beginJuly 15, 2008deleted text endnew text begin January 15 of all even-numbered yearsnew text end, including any estimates still under objection.

new text beginEFFECTIVE DATE.new text end

new text beginThis section is effective for aids payable in calendar year 2014 and thereafter.new text end

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.011, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

new text beginSubd. 44.new text end

new text beginPeak population decline.new text end

new text begin"Peak population decline" is equal to 100 times the difference between one and the ratio of the city's current population, to the highest city population reported in a federal census from the 1970 census or later. "Peak population decline" shall not be less than zero.new text end

new text beginEFFECTIVE DATE.new text end

new text beginThis section is effective for aids payable in calendar year 2014 and thereafter.new text end

Sec. 6.

Subd. 8.

City formula aid.

new text begin(a) For aids payable in 2014 only, the formula aid for a city is equal to the sum of (1) its 2013 certified aid and (2) the product of (i) the difference between its unmet need and its 2013 certified aid and (ii) the aid gap percentage.new text end

new text begin(b) For aids payable in 2015 and thereafter,new text end the formula aid for a city is equal to the sum of (1) its deleted text begincity jobs base, (2) its small city aid base, and (3) the need increase percentage multiplied by the average of its unmet need for the most recently available two yearsdeleted text endnew text begin formula aid in the previous year and (2) the product of (i) the difference between its unmet need and its certified aid in the previous year under subdivision 9, and (ii) the aid gap percentagenew text end.

No city may have a formula aid amount less than zero. The deleted text beginneed increasedeleted text endnew text begin aid gapnew text end percentage must be the same for all cities.

The applicable deleted text beginneed increasedeleted text endnew text begin aid gapnew text end percentage must be calculated by the Department of Revenue so that the total of the aid under subdivision 9 equals the total amount available for aid under section 477A.03. Data used in calculating aids to cities under sections 477A.011 to 477A.013 shall be the most recently available data as of January 1 in the year in which the aid is calculated except that the data used to compute "net levy" in subdivision 9 is the data most recently available at the time of the aid computation.

new text beginEFFECTIVE DATE.new text end

new text beginThis section is effective for aids payable in calendar year 2014 and thereafter.new text end

deleted text begin(b) For aids payable in 2013 and 2014 only, the total aid in the previous year for any city shall mean the amount of aid it was certified to receive for aids payable in 2012 under this section. For aids payable in 2015 and thereafter, the total aid in the previous year for any city means the amount of aid it was certified to receive under this section in the previous payable year.deleted text end

deleted text begin(c) For aids payable in 2010 and thereafter, the total aid for any city shall not exceed the sum of (1) ten percent of the city's net levy for the year prior to the aid distribution plus (2) its total aid in the previous year. For aids payable in 2009 and thereafter, the total aid for any city with a population of 2,500 or more may not be less than its total aid under this section in the previous year minus the lesser of $10 multiplied by its population, or ten percent of its net levy in the year prior to the aid distribution.deleted text end

deleted text begin(d)deleted text endnew text begin (b) For aids payable in 2014 only, the total aid for a city may not be less than the amount it was certified to receive in 2013.new text end For aids payable in deleted text begin2010deleted text endnew text begin 2015new text end and thereafter, the total aid for a city deleted text beginwith a population less than 2,500deleted text end must not be less than the amount it was certified to receive in the previous year minus deleted text beginthe lesser of $10 multiplied by its population, ordeleted text end five percent of deleted text beginits 2003 certified aid amount. For aids payable in 2009 only, the total aid for a city with a population less than 2,500 must not be less than what it received under this section in the previous year unless its total aid in calendar year 2008 was aid under section 477A.011, subdivision 36, paragraph (s), in which case its minimum aid is zerodeleted text endnew text begin its net levy in the year prior to the aid distributionnew text end.

deleted text begin(e) A city's aid loss under this section may not exceed $300,000 in any year in which the total city aid appropriation under section 477A.03, subdivision 2a, is equal or greater than the appropriation under that subdivision in the previous year, unless the city has an adjustment in its city net tax capacity under the process described in section 469.174, subdivision 28.deleted text end

deleted text begin(f) If a city's net tax capacity used in calculating aid under this section has decreased in any year by more than 25 percent from its net tax capacity in the previous year due to property becoming tax-exempt Indian land, the city's maximum allowed aid increase under paragraph (c) shall be increased by an amount equal to (1) the city's tax rate in the year of the aid calculation, multiplied by (2) the amount of its net tax capacity decrease resulting from the property becoming tax exempt.deleted text end

new text beginEFFECTIVE DATE.new text end

new text beginThis section is effective for aids payable in calendar year 2014 and thereafter.new text end

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.013, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

new text beginSubd. 13.new text end

new text beginCertified aid adjustments.new text end

new text begin(a) A city that received an aid base increase under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.011, subdivision 36, paragraph (e), shall have its total aid under subdivision 9 increased by an amount equal to $150,000 for aids payable in 2014 through 2018.new text end

new text begin(b) A city that received a temporary aid increase under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.011, subdivision 36, paragraph (m), (v), or (w), shall have its total aid under subdivision 9 decreased by the amount of its aid base increase under those paragraphs in calendar year 2013.new text end

new text beginEFFECTIVE DATE.new text end

new text beginThis section is effective for aids payable in calendar year 2014 and thereafter.new text end

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.03, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

new text beginSubd. 6.new text end

new text beginInflation adjustment.new text end

new text beginIn 2015 and thereafter, the amount paid under subdivision 2a shall be increased by an amount equal to one plus the sum of (1) the percentage increase in the implicit price deflator for government expenditures and gross investment for state and local government purchases as prepared by the United States Department of Commerce, for the 12-month period ending March 31 of the previous calendar year, and (2) the percentage increase in total city population for the most recently available years as of January 15 of the current year. The percentage increase in this subdivision shall not be less than 2.5 percent or greater than five percent.new text end

new text beginEFFECTIVE DATE.new text end

new text beginThis section is effective for aids payable in calendar year 2014 and thereafter.new text end

new text beginEFFECTIVE DATE.new text end

new text beginThis section is effective for aids payable in calendar year 2014 and thereafter.new text end

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